Jeremiah 14:4

Jeremiah 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
• New International Version (NIV)The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.

Context of Jeremiah 14:4

2“Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning clothes And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 3Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with empty vessels; They have been shamed and humiliated, And they cover their heads. The ground is cracked Because there has been no rain on the land; The farmers are distressed, And they have covered their heads [in shame]. 5The doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young Because there is no grass. 6And the wild donkeys stand on the barren heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyesight fails Because there is no grass.

Jeremiah 14:4 word by word

בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• is chaptחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• for there was no rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the plowmenאִכָּר'ikkâr · farmerH406
• were ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• they coveredחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:4

• Leviticus 26:19I will break your pride in your power, and I will make your sky like iron [giving no rain and blocking all prayers] and your ground like bronze [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
• Deuteronomy 28:23The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze [giving no rain and blocking all prayers], and the earth which is under you, iron [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
• Deuteronomy 29:23‘The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it; it is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.’
• Joel 1:19O Lord, I cry out to You, For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
• Joel 1:11Be ashamed, O farmers; Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and for the barley, Because the harvest of the field has perished.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The ground is chapt - The cracks in the earth before the descent of the rains are in some places a cubit wide, and deep enough to receive the greater part of a human body.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. “The ground” is used metaphorically for the people who until the ground. In the earth - i. e., “in the land.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Both people and animals suffered during the drought. The farmers covered their heads with rough burlap to show shame, humiliation, and mourning.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221. Literally, "That which was the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah concerning the dearth" drought--literally, the "withholdings," namely, of rain (De 11:17; 2Ch 7:13). This word should be used especially of the withholding of rain because rain is in those regions of all things the one chiefly needed (Jr 17:8, Margin).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 14:4

• Drought
• Famine
• Impenitence
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• Heal
• Ashamed
• Chapt
• Plow

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings